http://fedification.com Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:14:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="461" caption="Shu Mai"][/caption] Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand - Jumping back again to my trip in Ubon... Day trips on a motorbike can be journeys in themselves.   By the time you arrive home, the morning, almost hard to recall at this time, seems like it was ages ago.  My first full ... http://fedification.com/2009/10/24/a-day-around-ubon/ [caption id="attachment_1472" align="alignnone" width="512" caption="Michael Ginor, Ian Chalermkittichai & Todd English "][/caption] Bangkok, Thailand - I won't jump into the snarkiness that is reverberating through the digital space.  However, this post couldn't be more timely unless I had actually gotten it together for the period of time when the Food Trip ... http://fedification.com/2009/10/22/on-making-a-travel-show-in-happier-times/ Beht Sam Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand - Last night my father called to tell me that a box of notebooks and shoes arrived at my parents' house in Massachusetts.  I sent it from Bangkok over two months and its arrival was a reminder of things past and things left undone.  So, I'm ... http://fedification.com/2009/10/20/last-night-he-said/ [caption id="attachment_1419" align="alignnone" width="512" caption="Pear & Apricot Pastry Almondine"][/caption] Brooklyn, New York - As some of you may have noticed that lately there have been some posts about last time this and last time that or that I haven't posted in awhile.  I may be resisting the inevitable - putting up ... http://fedification.com/2009/08/20/all-good-things/ Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand - I wanted to return to Isaan (Northeast Thailand) for one last time before leaving the country so I chose Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand's far east at the corner of Laos and Cambodia for a short trip.  I took an overnight bus on the wonderfully strange Nakhon ... http://fedification.com/2009/08/12/touching-down-in-ubon/ [caption id="attachment_1388" align="alignnone" width="512" caption="Sai Oua (Northern Thai Sausage)"][/caption] Chiang Rai, Thailand - Rising and eating breakfast at bustling morning markets, trolling night markets and seeking out the small, out-of-the-way mom and pop shops and independent stands is, it goes without saying, a good way to eat the everyday foods of ... http://fedification.com/2009/08/06/northern-thai-for-beginners/ [caption id="attachment_1380" align="alignnone" width="512" caption="Fermented Fried Pork with Chilies and Kaffir Lime Leaves"][/caption] Chiang Rai, Thailand - "You eat local foods?" the woman at the hotel said with surprise when I returned from Chiang Rai's fun night market with fermented fried pork with chilies and kaffir lime leaves, nahm phrig num (chile eggplant relish), khao ... http://fedification.com/2009/08/05/you-eat-local-foods/ [caption id="attachment_1369" align="alignnone" width="512" caption="Fried Root Vegetables"][/caption] Chiang Rai, Thailand - My first experience with a motorbike was in Mae Hong Son less than a year ago.  It ended rather quickly with me teetering and twisting down the hill pulling all the wrong bars and simultaneously nearly crashing it into a ... http://fedification.com/2009/08/04/biking-around-chiang-rai/ Smer Jai Khao Soi Gai Chiang Mai, Thailand - In between shopping at JJ market, the ever empty decor, art, antiques and clothing market just north of the old city, and perusing the galleries on Th Faham, I snuck in my requisite Chiang Mai khao soi at Smer Jai also on ... http://fedification.com/2009/08/02/a-final-khao-soi/ Fried Flowers Salad at Pun Pun Chiang Mai, Thailand - On a quick trip to Chiang Mai, I ended up bumping into two friends from Bangkok in the cafe of the guesthouse I'd recommended to them (Elliebum).  Since half of the couple is vegetarian, the whole couple leans heavily that way. ... http://fedification.com/2009/08/01/vegetarian-chiang-mai/